Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Rhodococcus equi isolated from sputum
INTRODUCTION: Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic pathogen, causing rhodococcosis, a condition that can be confused with tuberculosis. Often, without identifying M. tuberculosis, physicians initiate empiric treatment for tuberculosis. R. equi and M. tuberculosis have different susceptibility to dru...
Main Authors: | Paulo da Silva, Adolfo Carlos Barreto Santos, Daisy Nakamura Sato, Jaqueline Otero Silva, Marta Inês Cazentini Medeiros, Ana Maria Machado Carneiro, Sergio Roberto de Andrade Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000500001&lng=en&tlng=en |
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